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Intel Core i5-7300HQ vs Intel Core i7-9750H

Intel Core i5-7300HQ

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The Intel Core i5-7300HQ is a quad-core processor for notebooks based on the Kaby Lake architecture and was announced in January 2017. Compared to the faster Core i7 models, the Core i5 does not support Hyper Threading and has lower clocks. The CPU cores run at 2.5 - 3.5 GHz (4 cores up to 3.1, 2 cores up to 3.3 GHz). The processor is also equipped with the HD Graphics 630 GPU as well as a dual-channel memory controller (DDR3L-1600/DDR4-2400). It is manufactured in a 14nm process with FinFET transistors.

Architecture

Intel basically uses the same micro architecture compared to Skylake, so the per-MHz performance does not differ. The manufacturer only reworked the Speed Shift technology for faster dynamic adjustments of voltages and clocks, and the improved 14nm process allows much higher frequencies combined with better efficiency than before.

Performance

The performance should be quite similar to the old Core i5-6440HQ (2.6 - 3.5 GHz, Skylake) that offers the same per-MHz performance and only 100 MHz higher core speed. The performance is therefore sufficient even for demanding tasks.

Graphics

The integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 has 24 Execution Units (similar to previous HD Graphics 530) running at 350 - 1000 MHz (i7 models up to 1100). The performance depends a lot on the memory configuration; it should be comparable to a dedicated Nvidia GeForce 920M in combination with fast DDR4-2133 dual-channel memory.

Contrary to Skylake, Kaby Lake now supports hardware decoding for H.265/HEVC Main 10 with a 10-bit color depth as well as Google's VP9 codec. The dual-core Kaby Lake processors, which were announced in January, should also support HDCP 2.2.

Power Consumption

The chip is manufactured in an improved 14nm process with FinFET transistors, which improves the efficiency even further. Intel still specifies the TDP with 45 Watts, but it can also be reduced to 35 Watts by the notebook manufacturers (cTDP down). This will obviously affect the performance, because the Turbo Boost cannot be maintained for longer periods.

Intel Core i7-9750H

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The Intel Core i7-9750H is a high-end processor for laptops with six cores based on the Coffee Lake architecture (2019 refresh, CFL-HR). The processor clocks at between 2.6 and 4.5 GHz (4 GHz with 6 cores) and can execute up to twelve threads simultaneously thanks to Hyper-Threading. According to Intel, the CPU is manufactured in an improved 14nm (14nm++) process. Compared to the predecessor, the Core i7-8750H, the 9750H offers improved clock rates and a larger L3 cache.

The Coffee Lake architecture is similar to Kaby Lake and differs only in the amount of cores (now max. eight cores for the high end versions) and the improved 14nm process (14nm++ according to Intel).

Performance

Multi-thread performance is most comparable to the Intel Core i9-8950HK, an expensive hexa-core processor of the previous generation. While performance gains over the outgoing 8th Gen H-class chips are unimpressive to say the least, the average Core i7-9750H in our database is much faster than the Ryzen 7 3750H and other H-class Ryzen chips AMD sells as of mid 2019.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term power limit of around 70 W, the Walmart EVOO Gaming 17 is among the fastest laptops powered by the 9750H that we know of. It can be 40% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Graphics

The integrated Intel UHD Graphics 630 is supposed to offer a slightly higher performance as its clock rate has been increased by 50 MHz compared to the UHD 630 of the 8750H CPU. The architecture is identical to that of the Intel HD Graphics 630. We do expect a performance improvement, but as a low-end solution it will probably only display current games smoothly at reduced details - if at all.

Power consumption

This Core i7 series chip has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 45 W, a value that laptop makers are allowed to reduce slightly, 35 W being the lowest Intel-recommended value. Doing so would result in lower clock speeds and lower performance. Either way, a proper cooling solution is a must for a CPU like this.

The hexa-core Intel CPU is made with one of the old 14 nm Intel processes for below average, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i5-7300HQIntel Core i7-9750H
SeriesIntel Kaby LakeIntel Coffee Lake
CodenameKaby LakeCoffee Lake-H
Series: Coffee Lake Coffee Lake-H
Intel Core i7-7700K compare4.2 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700 compare3.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1535M v6 compare3.1 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7920HQ compare3.1 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700T compare2.9 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7600K compare3.8 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 compare3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HQ compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7820HK compare2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7700HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500 compare3.4 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7440HQ compare2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7567U compare3.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7660U compare2.5 - 4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7600U compare2.8 - 3.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300HQ « 2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7500T compare2.7 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7287U compare3.3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7560U compare2.4 - 3.8 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7267U compare3.1 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7360U compare2.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7500U compare2.7 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7300U compare2.6 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7260U compare2.2 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7200U compare2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100H compare3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7167U compare2.8 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i7-7Y75 compare1.3 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y57 compare1.2 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-7Y54 compare1.2 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7100U compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y32 compare1 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core m3-7Y30 compare1 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965U compare2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i3-7020U compare2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3867U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3865U compare1.8 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y compare1.7 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y compare1.6 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 4410Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 3965Y compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9980HK compare2.4 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-9880H compare2.3 - 4.8 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-8950HK compare2.9 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2186M compare2.9 - 4.8 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2276M compare2.8 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9850H compare2.6 - 4.6 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-9750H « 2.6 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Xeon E-2176M compare2.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8850H compare2.6 - 4.3 GHz6 / 12 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8750H compare2.2 - 4.1 GHz6 / 12 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9400H compare2.5 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9300HF compare2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-9300H compare2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8400H compare2.5 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8300H compare2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-8100H compare3 GHz4 / 4 cores8 MB L3
Clock2500 - 3500 MHz2600 - 4500 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB
L2 Cache1 MB
L3 Cache6 MB12 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 46 / 12
TDP45 Watt45 Watt
Technology14 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
FeaturesDual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NILPDDR3-2133/DDR4-2666 RAM, PCIe 3, 8 GT/s bus, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, Hyper-Threading, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SGX
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 630 (300 - 1000 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1150 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$250 U.S.
Announced
SocketBGA1440
Manufacturerark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-9750H
32.6 pt (45%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 416     avg: 442.5     median: 442 (49%)     max: 486 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 2017     avg: 2564     median: 2599 (6%)     max: 3133 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 501     avg: 512     median: 513 (3%)     max: 520 Points
min: 952     avg: 1182     median: 1188 (7%)     max: 1306 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 129     avg: 141.1     median: 142 (43%)     max: 149 Points
min: 170     avg: 183.7     median: 185.5 (56%)     max: 194 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 5.38     avg: 5.8     median: 5.9 (8%)     max: 5.93 Points
min: 11.26     avg: 13     median: 13.1 (17%)     max: 14.11 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.49     avg: 1.5     median: 1.5 (38%)     max: 1.68 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 4920     avg: 5319     median: 5434.5 (33%)     max: 5581 Points
min: 6659     avg: 6923     median: 6970 (42%)     max: 7214 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 17197     avg: 17956     median: 18064.5 (13%)     max: 18304 Points
min: 28251     avg: 33539     median: 34445 (25%)     max: 36304 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 21912     avg: 22625     median: 22845 (16%)     max: 23117 Points
min: 37188     avg: 40129     median: 38960 (27%)     max: 44238 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 6594     avg: 6811     median: 6700 (8%)     max: 7138 Points
min: 9069     avg: 9165     median: 9081 (11%)     max: 9346 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 331.1     avg: 346.7     median: 348.1 (4%)     max: 351.3 s
154.4 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 10.98     avg: 11.3     median: 11.1 (2%)     max: 12.41 s
4.9 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 6160     avg: 6396     median: 6395.5 (10%)     max: 6631 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 28512     avg: 32357     median: 33303 (19%)     max: 35174 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4580     avg: 4846     median: 4865 (58%)     max: 5090 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 34     avg: 34.1     median: 34.1 (12%)     max: 34.2 fps
min: 69.6     avg: 70.3     median: 70.3 (25%)     max: 70.9 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 160     avg: 160.9     median: 160.8 (37%)     max: 162 fps
min: 211     avg: 214.8     median: 214.8 (50%)     max: 218.6 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
4.7 fps (8%)
min: 7.1     avg: 8.7     median: 8.8 (16%)     max: 10.7 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.2 GB/s (0%)
min: 0.7     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (0%)     max: 0.75 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.3 GB/s (6%)
min: 1.2     avg: 1.3     median: 1.3 (22%)     max: 1.3 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
2.3 GB/s (6%)
min: 7.3     avg: 7.4     median: 7.4 (19%)     max: 7.4 GB/s
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
901 Seconds (6%)
min: 342.1     avg: 433.3     median: 435.2 (3%)     max: 494.9 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.608     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (14%)     max: 0.695 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 6266     avg: 6279     median: 6279 (13%)     max: 6292 Points
min: 9618     avg: 10722     median: 10791.5 (23%)     max: 11365 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 10.68     avg: 10.8     median: 10.7 (2%)     max: 11.29 s
min: 8.3     avg: 8.5     median: 8.4 (2%)     max: 8.96 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 24.38     avg: 24.5     median: 24.5 (1%)     max: 24.89 s
min: 18.4     avg: 18.9     median: 18.5 (1%)     max: 20.09 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 590     avg: 604     median: 596 (3%)     max: 654 s
min: 450.5     avg: 471.8     median: 467.3 (2%)     max: 502 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 35262     avg: 41819     median: 42706.5 (37%)     max: 46599 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 5382     avg: 6022     median: 6042 (16%)     max: 6627 Points
min: 9704     avg: 12766     median: 13028.5 (35%)     max: 14337 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 42492     avg: 50667     median: 52482 (43%)     max: 53471 Points
min: 15356     avg: 56549     median: 58809 (48%)     max: 60819 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 39401     avg: 48909     median: 50273 (41%)     max: 53025 Points
min: 53777     avg: 58538     median: 58661 (48%)     max: 61050 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 46577     avg: 50186     median: 50280 (42%)     max: 52451 Points
min: 56756     avg: 59035     median: 58584 (49%)     max: 61319 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 4269     avg: 4697     median: 4722 (12%)     max: 4855 Points
min: 8293     avg: 10689     median: 11022 (28%)     max: 11708 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 6020     avg: 6672     median: 6733 (12%)     max: 6881 Points
min: 12438     avg: 16332     median: 16696.5 (30%)     max: 17788 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 2726     avg: 2847     median: 2856 (12%)     max: 2912 Points
min: 4620     avg: 6334     median: 6463.5 (27%)     max: 7171 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1117     avg: 1190     median: 1204 (51%)     max: 1251 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4859     avg: 5597     median: 5813 (10%)     max: 6262 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1105     avg: 1179     median: 1171 (5%)     max: 1248 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4812     avg: 5575     median: 5635 (18%)     max: 6230 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3387     avg: 3862     median: 4040 (40%)     max: 4159 Points
min: 4440     avg: 5238     median: 5266 (53%)     max: 5511 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8081     avg: 10065     median: 11039 (12%)     max: 11075 Points
min: 17054     avg: 22076     median: 22951 (26%)     max: 25043 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 3387     avg: 3823     median: 4022 (55%)     max: 4061 Points
min: 5377     avg: 5570     median: 5569.5 (76%)     max: 5762 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8085     avg: 9720     median: 10525 (26%)     max: 10551 Points
min: 24370     avg: 24660     median: 24659.5 (60%)     max: 24949 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 9728     avg: 9773     median: 9752 (17%)     max: 9840 Points
min: 21185     avg: 22450     median: 22711.5 (40%)     max: 23587 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 3163     avg: 3184     median: 3195 (62%)     max: 3195 Points
min: 4137     avg: 4243     median: 4252.5 (83%)     max: 4428 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 955     avg: 1040     median: 1044 (1%)     max: 1132 ms
min: 0     avg: 1048     median: 1071 (1%)     max: 1713 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 82.6     avg: 84.3     median: 84.1 (1%)     max: 86.6 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 31952     avg: 33838     median: 33589 (30%)     max: 36008 Points
min: 22874     avg: 35814     median: 36178 (33%)     max: 39708 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 199     avg: 211.4     median: 208.5 (43%)     max: 231 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
47.6 Watt (8%)
min: 61.4     avg: 75.5     median: 72.3 (12%)     max: 96 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
41.3 Watt (8%)
min: 57.7     avg: 78.5     median: 80.5 (15%)     max: 95.4 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
12.3 Points per Watt (9%)
min: 12.4     avg: 15.2     median: 15.3 (11%)     max: 17.6 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-7300HQ → 100% n=36

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-9750H → 174% n=36

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